Riverview teams set for nationals

Riverview High School's History Bowl teams, which are part of the Rho Kappa honor society, are both scheduled to head to the National History Bowl next month in Washington, D.C.

The Rho Kappa Social Studies Honor Society is the only national organization for high school juniors and seniors that recognizes excellence in the field of social studies.

Dr. Don Baeszler, a new teacher at Riverview High School and coach for the History Bowl teams, wanted to create a Rho Kappa chapter at the school.

In mid-September, the group was officially recognized and in November, Riverview had its induction ceremony.

The junior and senior History Bowl teams at Riverview earned spots in nationals based on their performance in the regional competition Feb. 2 at Largo High School, where Riverview placed second.

"I'm passionate about history, so that's why I joined the History Bowl team," team member Hunter Carpenter said. "Knowing information is one thing, but being able to answer difficult questions before the other team is a whole other ball game."

The History Bowl team members take rigorous history courses. Some of them include AP European history, AP U.S. history, IB history of the Americas and AP world history.

The courses are taken just to stay on-level for the competition.

To learn more about the teams and the competition, email Baeszler at Don_Baeszler@sarasota.k12.fl.us.

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